Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested, all for men. They were planned and organized by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports. All events took place on 11 April in the Bay of Zea. There was a total of 13 participants from 4 countries competing.

Medal summary
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Participating nations
A total of 13 swimmers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:



Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports

 * Prince George of Greece, president
 * Pavlos Damalas, secretary
 * Dimitrios Kriezis
 * Konstantinos Sachtouris
 * Georgios Koundouriotis
 * Dimitrios Argyropoulos
 * Konstantinos Kanaris
 * K. Argyrakis